Venus was a major goddess in Rome mythology. She originally was the goddess of love and beauty, but later she symbolized the creative force that sustains all life. Cupid, the Roman god of love, was her son.
Venus was also the mother of Aneas; an ancestor of the legendary founders of Rome. The Romans worshipped her and dedicated some of their most important temples to her. They believed that the family of the ruler Julius Caesar descended from Venus.
Venus was born full-grown from the foam of the Mediterranean Sea. She married Vulcan, the lame and ugly blacksmith god. Venus had a love affair with Mars, the God of War and also loved Adonis, a mortal.
Venus plays an important part in a famous myth called the judgment of Paris. Venus and goddess Juno and Minerva all claimed a golden apple, a prize reserved for the most beautiful goddess. To settle the argument, the god Jupiter ordered Paris, the king of Priam of Troy, to choose the most beautiful of three. Paris chose Venus. In revenge, Juno and Minerva ensured that Troy was destroyed in the Trojan War.
Venus has been a popular subject for painters. Many paintings show her admiring herself in mirror. Others show the judgment of Paris or show Venus with Mars or Adonis.
Venus represents lust and passion amongst living organism. She likes enjoyment and pleasure and has an attractive personality. Venus has a white body with variegated colour. Venus is a star planet. She is extremely brilliant when she is 47 degrees away from the Sun. Venus rises with the head foremost. Venus is the lord of the vegetable and animal kingdom. Venus’s stone is ‘Diamond’ or ‘Heera’. Its other stone is ‘White Zircon’. Venus’s metal is copper. Friday is related to Venus .Its direction is southeast. Venus rules over the number 6 in numerology. Clothing associated with Venus is long lasting fabrics. Venus is the lord of  Vasant or the spring season. The particular area owned by Venus is the bed chamber (river bank).Venus is the lord of Yajur-veda. She is windy, and phlegmatic by nature and pleasant in speech. Venus is Brahmin in caste, Rajasik in nature with feminine instincts. Her element is water. Venus looks sideways. The character of Venus is light or easy. Venus gives a symmetrical body, has a liking for sour taste, and makes one a person of high tastes, passionate, loving, romantic, well-informed and enterprising. Venus shed an agreeable light hence she is benefic. She enhances her social image and has an urge for socializing.

Venus rules over all types of glamour, perfumes, music, dance, romance, beauty, sensuality, passion, comforts, luxuries, wealth, jewelry, and acting ability. Venus shows how a person manifests his or her emotions in personal relationships, love, and marriage. It also gives an idea about how a person cares for his personal possessions, money, comforts, social- aesthetic values, and manners. Venus along with Jupiter represents the altruistic and expansive vibrations. But Venus represents the love in a personal way, where as Jupiter represents the love for the society as a whole. So Venus is more realistic or selfish in nature .Venus makes one a lover of comforts, luxury, money and glamour. When Venus is prominent in the horoscope of an individual, it bestows favors and kindness from friends. A great deal of good fortune in the form of gifts is bestowed upon the individual by his or her friends. When Venus is dominant in the horoscope, a person will have powerful friends, who will help him or her and make his or her path pleasant and happy. If afflicted and ill-placed, Venus would lead to voluptuosness, making a native profligate, careless, amorous, and indiscriminate with an inclination for unhealthy company.

Venus gives many opportunities of marriage and love. These opportunities are due to beauty of the individual and well proportioned features, which Venus bestows. When Venus is dominant force, persons should marry late because in early age only motivation behind marriage is sex and once this feeling wears off, there is nothing lasting in the marriage to hold it together. Venus rules beauty of form in humans and gives well proportioned features.

In Hindu mythology, she is called “shukra” or “Daitya Guru” i.e. guru of demons (ashuras).Synonym of Shukra is Daityaguru, Kavya , Ushna, Bhargava, Kavi, sit, Aasfujit ,Bhrigusut ,Bhrigu etc. ‘’Shukranitisar’’ belongs to the Shukra tradition. Shukra is the son of the great seer Bhrigu. Bhrigu was an astrologer and taught his son all the spiritual sciences and scriptures. Because of  Shukra’s enmity with Brihaspati (Jupiter), he agreed to be the teacher of the asuras (antigods or demons).When Shukra became the preceptor of the asuras, in order to protect them against the gods and sub gods he worshipped Shiva and learned from him the method by which he could make them alive when they were killed in battle.       

Venus is the Goddess of love, beauty, and glamour. The symbol of Venus indicates that soul has risen over matter that means creation has risen over destruction; hence her chief motivation is creation. Venus herself represents creation and preservation. Venus is representative of feminine (other than mother represented by moon) well wisher and submitting women in men’s horoscopes i.e. before marriage sister and after marriage wife. It is known as “lesser fortune” in western astrology, where as Jupiter is known as “greater fortune.”

In Hindu astrology and mythology, it is ‘Mahalaxmi Roop’. Venus is the handmaiden of sun, the ‘Narayan Roop’. Venus makes one a lover of pleasure, easy going and adherent to the line of least resistance. Venus rules over both vocal and instrumental music and all that is soothing. A strongly placed Venus in the horoscope makes one lover of music and other artistic talent.

Venus rules over the signs of Libra and Taurus (along with Apollo) and is exalted in the sign Pisces, whereas it is debilitated in the sign Virgo. Venus is more powerful in the air signs. But it is also powerful in water signs except Scorpio and earth signs except Virgo. Venus is decidedly weak in fire signs. Venus rules over civil engineering.

According to Hindu astrology Venus is highly friendly to or cooperates very well with Saturn, it being its most important friendly planet. Venus does not cooperate with Jupiter according to Hindu astrology as well as Western astrology. Friendly planets to Venus are Mercury, Saturn and Rahu and enemy planets are the sun, moon, Jupiter and Ketu. Venus represents the wife of native in men’s horoscope both according to Hindu and Greek astrology.
Venus is responsible for sore throat, venereal diseases or those connected with urine, genitals, loins, spleen, kidneys, diabetes and impotency.

VENUS IN DIFFERENT HOUSE FROM THE MOON

Vedic astrology mentions specific results for placement of planets in relation to the moon. Here is the brief account of the results of Venus when located in
1st House- Death in water; paralysis; violent death.
2nd House- Wealthy; scholar; valorous like a king.
3rd House- Religiously inclined; wise.
4th House- Phlegmatic temperament; weak bodied; bereft of money in old age.
5th House- many daughters; rich; no fame.
6th House- prodigal; loser in battle.
7th house- lacking efforts; foolish; suspicious.
8th House- famed; fighter; generous; wealthy; gets various comforts.
9th House- many brothers; many sisters; many friends.
10th House- comfort to mother and father; longevity.
11th House-long life; bereft of illness and opponents.
12th house- associates with other’s wives; lewd; foolish.
                                                              

VENUS IN DIFFERENT SIGNS

As the placement of various house lords and planets in different houses is important in prediction, so also are horoscope indications consequent upon an interaction of planets and signs. Here is the brief account of the indication given by planets when located in different signs, according to classic works on astrology.
Aries: Leader of an army, a town or group of people; addicted to women not his own; suffers imprisonment because of women; eager to go abroad; undependable; keen to oppose others; likely to suffer night blindness.
Taurus: Blessed with many women and children; taken to agriculture and cattle rearing; fond of scents and flowers; bereft of enemies; good in looks.
Gemini: Well versed in scriptures; very famous; beautiful body; engaged in writing; poet; friendly; earns from song and dance; devoted to god and Brahmins; sensuous.
Cancer: Engaged in good deeds; learned; strong; religiously inclined; blessed with objects of desire; good looking; balanced in judgment; clever talker; two wives; suffers sickness from indulgence in women and liquor.
Leo: Monetary gains from women; few children; servile to women; destroyer of enemies; devoted to the preceptor and Brahmins; generally comfortable and wealthy.
Virgo: Very rich; clever in talking to women; simple natured; visits holy places; lacks physical comforts; learned.
Libra:  Earns money through his efforts; fond of garland and good clothes; likes foreign visits; learned; religiously inclined; lacks firmness in difficult situations.
Scorpio:  Quarrelsome; hated by others; irreligious; excessive talker; shunned by brothers; infamous; skilled in physical violence; poor; disease of private parts of the body.
Sagittarius: Given to virtuous deeds; liked by others; wealthy; learned; high rank; obese and tall; adored by those around him.
Capricorn : Very sensuous; addicted to women older in age; spendthrift; lean body; indulges in prohibited deeds; suffers from heart disease; impotent; covets the wealth of others.
Aquarius: Addicted to other people’s wives; irreligious; opposed to his own preceptors and children; ugly; bereft of good clothes; worrisome.
Pisces : Very wealthy; overcomes his opponents; famous for charities; favored by the ruler; fond of swimming; soft -spoken; learned.